Strongsville Installs Weather Warning Sirens

The city this week began constructing new weather warning systems for the outdoor sports parks.

 “This is a very valuable tool in safeguarding our children and our community,” said Mayor Thomas Perciak. “They could be doing a lot of things outside and they wouldn’t know that something serious was happening with the weather. Now these sirens it will be there to let them know.” 

A total of eight alert sirens are slated for the city parks, including Ehrnfelt Baseball Diamonds on Royalton Road; Volunteer Park on Lunn Road; the Youth Sports Park on Lunn Road; Surrarer Park at Whitney and Webster roads; Nichols Field on the corner of Marks and Sprague roads and Recreation Park 3 at Drake and Prospect.  Two systems are to be installed at Foltz Park.

The cost is $2,600 per .

Councilman Mark Roth said he is happy to have the weather alert system in place.

“I first asked the city to put sirens in 1989. I felt it was a much needed thing for an outdoor alarm. Strongsville is too good not to have something like this,” he said. “We pray a tornado never happens, but if it does, I’m thankful that we will have (the alarm).”